As you might remember, we took Pendragon's map and made a full-size,
professional quality print version as a X-Mas gift for Pundit. Here's how
it looks like!
 

FYI, Alejo is about 1.90 meters tall (6 ft. 3 in.), and I'm 1.71 (5 ft. 7 in.).




Spread over a dining table:




Close up:




Close up with my hand as comparison:




Comparison with Forgotten Realms' map:




This baby costed a little over $60 USD.




Yeah, the Pendragon map is THAT big. :haw:

When you say professional quality you're not kidding.  In the closeups the clarity and detail is beautiful, which also speaks highly of the folks who originally created the map.  And that seems like a great price, too.

Awesome!

Quote from: JongWKYeah, the Pendragon map is THAT big. :haw:

Very cool.  What is it printed on?  It looks pretty heavy.

What would really be cool would be to have something like that printed on to cloth.  Given the print-on-demand T-shirt printers they have now, that shouldn't be too far off.

Yeah, now the major dilemma is how the fuck do we manage to hang up the fucker?
Its too big to just use double-stick tape (it would almost certainly fail to hold up something of that weight), and it would be too complicated/expensive to make a frame. Anyone got any clue?

RPGPundit

Quote from: RPGPunditYeah, now the major dilemma is how the fuck do we manage to hang up the fucker?
Its too big to just use double-stick tape (it would almost certainly fail to hold up something of that weight), and it would be too complicated/expensive to make a frame. Anyone got any clue?

RPGPundit

A dowel along the top with holes drilled in the ends allowing a light weight nylon rope through. Tie off the ends to the dowel then drive a picture hanger hook or use a 3m detachable hook to hang it on the wall.

Bill

Pundit,
go to the home improvement store. Have the exact measurements ready.
Let them cut a plywood board to the size. Keep in mind that you will need some extra space for the hooks.
Then, put wallpaper paste on the plywood board. Distribute it very evenly. Put the map on the board, a second person should lend a hand. You have several minutes were you can adjust mistakes, and realign until satisfied.
Use drill with wall, wall plug with hole: Tada!
Hang it up just minutes after applying the wallpaper paste, that way gravity will flatten most irregularities.
Your map will now be basically indestructible.


Another option that is less risky would be to use styrofoam and regular glue. This is the way many libraries handle larger maps on the wall. The problem is the styrofoam-> it´s styrofoam and has all it´s traits.

Neither option is ideal, as a piece of paper this large always poses problems. The only safe answer would be expensive: Get it framed professionally on  canvas.

beautiful

Nice!  That map is HUGE, so it could be more practical to have it framed. That way, you need not worry about damaging it, and whenever you want to point something out on the map, you just use a laser pointer when the need arises.

Man, that print quality looks fantastic.  Now that's a great gift!

You guys must play a lot of Pendragon, or have trouble looking at the regular map.

I kid, I kid.

I might do a map that big of an often-visited planet or subsector.


- Ed C.

For the record, it's a full-size (non-enlarged), print version of the official map.

It's printed on some kind of thick paper, though I'm not an expert. We wanted to laminate it with plastic, but the printing store said they didn't have the machinery for something THAT big. Mind you, they do blueprints for architects and engineers...

Quote from: JongWKFor the record, it's a full-size (non-enlarged), print version of the official map.

Where did the file come from?

That is an awesome gift.

Fantastic! I need a map that big of every game setting.